Universal or voluntary membership? That was the question put to tertiary students in 1999 after the National Government passed a law insisting they choose how they should belong to their student association.

Family members of the cyclists killed by a driver in Morrinsville just over a month ago share their stories of that fateful day.

aikato head coach Chris Gibbes and assistant coach Scott McLeod have re-signed with the union for a further two years.

Add a touch of vintage Kiwiana to the kitchen these holidays with an iconic tea towel from Pauanesia.

David Carter has declared a drought in the Waikato and Ruapehu District, saying recent rainfalls appear to have had little effect on dry pastures.

The driver of a car that collided with a group of cyclists, killing three, has admitted causing their deaths.

Hamilton's new mayor is "horrified" by the $27.4 million paid by the previous council for staging the city's V8 Supercar race over the past three years.

An injured man broke a police officer's nose as the officer tried to help restrain him in an ambulance.

King Tuheitia first told Waikato-Tainui people he was firing a leading tribal figure during a heated verbal exchange.

US talk show queen Oprah Winfrey has arrived on Hamilton Island for the first leg of her whirlwind Australian adventure.